Type-writing machine.



No. 666,4. Patented Ian. 22, I901.

. L. P. DISS.

TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

(Application ma Ju1 ,22, 1898.) (No Model.) 4 Shook-Shoat 2.

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TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

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Unrrnn STATES LOUIS P. DISS, OF ILION, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE WYOKOFF, SEAMANS do BENEDICT, OF SAME PLACE.

TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

SEEGIFFLGATION forming part of Letters Fatent N 0. 666.411. dated January 22, 1901.

Application filed July 22, 1898. Serial No. 686,557. (No model.)

- which the following is a specification.

My improvements in type-writing machines relate particularly to the scales, and one of the main objects of my invention is to provide a scale device that is variously marked or graduated for different kinds or classes of work and that may be manipulated so as to bring a particular scale desired for use conveniently into operative position.

My invention consists in the various features of construction and combinations of devices hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In carrying out my invention I employ a scale bar or device having a plurality of plane faces, preferably three, all of which are preferably differently marked, so that each face is made to constitute ascale of different kind or character from the others, and this bar or device is so mounted or arranged as that it may be rotated at pleasure to bring anyone of the scales marked on its plurality of faces into operative relation with a pointer or index or with the paper-carriage. The several faces of the scale-bar or scale-support may be graduated or marked in any desired manner, according to the various purposes for which the scales may be desired, but one of the faces should preferably be marked with the usual machine-scale to indicate the progress and position of the carriage, so that when the machine is not in use for tabular orcolumn work or for filling in printed blanks the said machine-scale may be turned to working position for regular or ordinary work. The other faces of the scale may have any desired matter applied to or marked orinscribed thereon, as will hereinafter more fully appear.

1n the accom an in 'drawin s Fi ure 1 is b D 7 b a plan View of a portion of a Remington No. 6 type-writing machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same and showing the way-bill scale in operative position on the carriage. Fig. 3 is a left-hand end elevation. Fig. 4 is a perspective View looking from the under side of the carriage and showing the manner of attaching the end supporting-brackets to the carriage-frame. Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken at the line as a; of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a similar view showing the scale-bar in a partial state of rotation. Fig. 7 is an enlarged front elevation showing the carriage thrown back or turned up and the way-bill introduced around. the platen and showing the printed matter and blank spaces thereof as corresponding to the upper series of marking and blank spaces shown on the scale at Fig. 2. Fig. 8 is a plan view showing the marking of another face of the scale-bar, the same being the rear face shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 7, but showing the platen as having been rotated forward to bring the new series of blanks or columns on the way-bill in printing position and which correspond in marking and in width to the marking or graduating of the lower portion of the scale-bar shown in Fig. 2; and Fig. 10 is a left-hand side end elevation illustrating my improvements embodied in that style of type-writing machine known as the Remington No. 2, wherein the scale is upon the framework of the machine instead of upon the carriage, as in the No. 6 machine, the pointers or indexes being also reversed.

In the various views the same part will be found designated by the same characters of reference.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 1 to 9, inclusive, 1 designates the top plate of the type-writing machine; 2, the paper-carriage, hinged at 3, and 4 the cylindrical platen, adapted to be rotated, as usual, by handwheels or knobs 5 at either end of the platen shaft or rule or by line-spacing devices consisting of a ratchet-wheel 6 and a drivingpawl 7, mounted upon a hand-lever 8 in the usual manner.

The accompanying drawings show many parts of the type-writing machine having no particular reference to my improvements,and in order to simplify the specification I shall not describe these parts.

S) is the scale-bar, which is preferably triangular in cross-section and of a length substantially equal to that of the carriage travel. On each plane face of the scale-bar is preferably formed or provided a scale of different kind or character. In the example shown one face of the scale bar or support is formed or provided with a scale 10, which corresponds in graduation and marking to the usual carriageor machine scale and with the letterspacing of the carriage and is of the kind usually employed in type-writing machines for indicating the progress and position of the paper-carriage when down in working condition. Another face of the scale-bar is formed or provided with a scale 11, especially prepared for facilitating the work of writing upon way-bills used by railroad companies, and the third face of the scale-bar is formed or provided with a scale 12, especially prepared for advertising-contract blanks used in newspaper oflices and by advertising agents. The scale-bar is preferably made of metal, and is formed or provided at each end and centrally with a pivot or stud 13, which is supported in a bearing 14 in a depending arm 15, forming part of a bracket 16, that is secured by a screw 17 or otherwise on the front bar 18 of the paper-carriage or platen-carrier at near the end thereof. Each bearing 14: is preferably made in the form of a slot extending lengthwise of the arm 15, but slightlyinelined, and normally the pivots or studs 13 are held at the lower portions of said slots by means of flat springs 19, whose free ends bear down upon the upper sides of said pivots or studs. The springs are preferably secured to the brackets 16 by means of screws 20, from which they project downwardly and forwardly to the said pivots, as shown clearly at Figs. 5 and 6. At the lower end of each arm or extension 15 of the bracket is an in wardlyprojecting ledge or flange 21, and against these horizontally -disposed flanges 21 the under side of the scale-bar, at its ends, is caused to bear by reason of the pressure of the said springs, the said flanges also acting as stops to limit the downward movement of the scale-bar under the force of said springs. The springs press the scale-bar against the said flanges or stops with force enough to prevent any accidental rotative movement or displacement of the scale-bar. While the scalebar is thus prevented from rattling and from being accidentally turned, the construction is such that the scale-bar may, however, be readily intentionally turned to bring any desired scale on its several faces into use or into working position. At Fig. 6 I have illustrated the operation of rotating the scale-bar from one scale-face to another, and in this operation it is only necessary to forcibly turn the scalebar, whereupon it is cammed upwardly by the lower face and edge of the scale riding upon the flanges or lips 21, the pivots or studs moving upwardly in the slots and forcing the springs upwardly, as indicated. Vhen the sharp edge of the scale-bar formed by the meeting of two adjacent faces thereof passes off the flanges, the springs act to force the pivots and the scale-bar downwardly, and the inclined slots assist in the completion of the rotative action and bring the ends of the next face of the scale-bar down upon the said lips or flanges, thus restoring the parts to their normal condition, (shown in Fig. 5,) but bringing a new scale into view and causing the previously-used scale to disappear.

In carrying out my invention I prefer to move or adjust the scale-bar in a direction transversely of its length.

\Vhen the ordinary graduated and numbered scale 10 is in front or in working position, it is used in the customary way and in conjunction with the usual fixed pointerorindex 22, which may, as heretofore, be attached to the shift-rail 23 centrally of its length and in line with the printing-point of the machine.

When it may be desired to fill in the blank spaces of a prepared or printed way-bill, the way-bill scale 11 is turned to the front, as in Fig. 2. The form of way-bill for which this scale is adapted is one that is printed at near the top and along the same line crosswise of the sheet with the words From, To, Date, 189, Way-bill No, with blank spaces to be filled in with the type-writer, as indicated at Fig. 7. Below this matter, as shown at Fig. 9, the way-bill is ruled transversely and longitudinally to form or produce a series of columns, and at the heads of these columns are printed various data to indicate their uses or purposes, as Consiguor, Gonsignee, No. pkgs, Articles, WVeight, Rate, Freight, Advance, Prepaid. This prearranged way-bill is fed to the platen in the usual way and the platen is rotated until the first line to be filled in by the typewriter is brought to the printing plane. In such insertion of the way-bill care should be taken that the printed matter and spaces therebetween correspond or aline with the top line of marking and spacing of the way-bill scale 11. (Shown in Fig. 2.) For example, the word From on the scale 11 is marked or inscribed in a space a of a length equal to five letter-spaces of the ordinary scale or of the scale 24, usually employed on the under side of the platen, and the word From on the way-bill includes a like number of letterspaces and should register in position relatively to the scale 24 and to the carriage-feed with the word From on the way-bill scale. The blank space I) on the scale 11 between the word From and the word To should correspond in position to the blank space b on the way-bill between the word From and the word To. The word To on the waybill scale 11 should correspond in position to the word To on the way-bill. The blank space 0 on the scale 11 should correspond in position to the blank space a on the way-bill between the words To and Date, and so on throughout the marking and spacing of the scale, and the printing and spacing of the way-bill should correspond or register. Hence if the paper be properly inserted relatively to the scale 24 on the platen, as shown at Fig. 7, and to the way-bill scale the printed matter and the spaces thereon will correctly register with the inscriptions and spaces on the way-bill scale, and in consequence the work of filling in the blank spaces with the type-writer is greatly facilitated. Assuming the way-bill to have been introduced as shown in Fig. 7, the platen is then turned down to working position. If new it be desired to write the WOIC vVeehawken in the space Z7 after the word From, the carriage is moved in the proper direction until the pointer or index 22 registers with the blank space I) at the upper portion of the duplex scale 11, whereupon the work of operating the keys to write the word Weehawken may he proceeded with, and at the conclusion of this operation it will be found that the word has been properly written in at the space I). If then it be desired to write the word Chicago after the word To, the carriageis fed until the blank space a is brought in proper position relatively to the pointer 22 and the keys are manipulated to fill in the wort Chicago. Then the car-- riage is moved again until the date-space and the waybill-number space are each successively brought into cooperative relation to the pointer, and their appropriate items are then written in with the typewriter. The first line of the way-bill having been thus filled in, the platen is rotated a suitable distance until the matter on the way-bill shown at Fig. 9 is brought into printing position. As will be seen, the lower portion of the scale 11 corresponds in marking and letter-spacing to the columns formed upon this portion of the way-bill. If now it be desired to write the name of a consiguor in the first column of the way'oall, the carriage is moved until the subdivision of the scale inscribed Consignor is brought into register with the pointer, when such name is then written in the first column by the proper manipulation of the keys. Then the various other columns are filled in in a manner similar to that explained and which will be apparent without further detaildescription. Any desired nuinber of lines may be written one under the otherin the various columns designated Consignor, Consignee, the. If it should be desired now to use the scale for filling in an advertising contract, the bar is turned to bring the scale 12 to the front, and the paper, previously printed and subdivided in correspondence with said scale, is inserted in the machine, and the said scale (in conjunction with the pointer and the platen scale) is employed for enabling the blanks to be filled in expeditiously and accurately.

All of the graduations upon all of the independent scale-faces upon the scale-bar are preferably based upon the letter-space movements of the carriage. For instance, upon the lower scale (shown at Fig. 2) the first vertical mark lies in the same vertical plane and therefore in register with the first graduation upon the usual machine-scale 10, Which is provided with uniform letter-space grad uations. The next mark thereupon registers with the tenth division upon the machinescale. The next registers with the twentyninth. The next with the thirty-second, and so on. Hence the pointer 22 is adapted to register with all of the graduations upon all of the scales without the necessity of slight adjustments at any time of either the pointer or the scale-bar in the direction of the length of the latter, so that the operator can instantly adjust his machine from ordinary to tabular work, or vice versa, by simply turning the bar. Inasmuch as the tabulatingscales or those having headings formed thereon are adapted to register with the pointer 22, the operator may, if he so desires, adjust his paper in the machine a trifle to the left of the position shown at Fig. 9, so that the writing of words or figures in each column may begin when the pointer is in register with the graduation upon the scale which marks the beginning of that column, and so I that the writing in each instance will begin a trifle to the right of the column-rule upon the paper. Thus byhaving all of the graduations upon all of the scales based upon the letter-spacing movements of the carriage, so that they are all adapted to register with a common pointer, the work of tabulating is simplified and expedited.

It will be noted that any scale-face may be divided longitudinally, as indicated at Fig. 2, and that the graduations upon one division may be arranged out of register with those upon the other division, and also that the graduations in both divisions may be irregularly spaced.

Although I have shown a scale-bar triangular in cross-section and provided on each face thereof with a different scale, it will be understood that as far as the main features of my invention are concerned the scale-bar may be of other than triangular shape and may have a greater or less number of scales formed or provided upon its sides or faces, and, furthermore, that the said scales may be of any kind or description fitted for a variety of work of this character.

While I prefer to engrave, stamp, or otherwise form the various scales directly upon the surfaces of the bar, it will be understood, of course, that the scales may be made on paper, celluloid, or some other suitable material and attached to or mounted upon the bar in any desired manner.

Referring to Fig. 10, it is perhaps only necessary to call attention to the fact that the scale-bar with a plurality of faces or sides having different kinds of scales is mounted upon the framework or top plate of the machine instead of on the carriage, as in the other views, and in consequence thereof the pointer is arranged upon the traveling carriage as in the ordinary No. 2 machine. In

other respects the construction, arrangement, and mode of operation are substantially the same as hereinbefore described with reference to the other figures of the drawings.

As shown in each of the illustrated constructions, I prefer to use only one scale-face at a time, the other scale-faces being temporarily out of cooperative relation with the index 22.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a type-writing machine and in a carriage mechanism, a scale-bar formed or provided with a plurality of independent scales, each adapted to be moved to working position when desired for use, said movement being in a direction transversely to the length of said scale-bar.

2. In a type-writing machine and in a carriage mechanism, a scale-bar formed with a plurality of different scales, one of which onlyis adapted to be brought to Working position at. a time, the graduations upon one of said scales being uniformly spaced for an extent substantially equal to the length of travel of the carriage, and each graduation upon each of the other of said scales being in register with the corresponding graduation upon the first-mentioned scale.

3. In a type-writing machine, a scale-bar having a plurality of scales formed or provided on difierent portions thereof and adapted to be moved so that any one of the said scales may be brought to working position and the remainder simultaneously moved to a non-Working position.

4. In a type-writing machine and in a carriage mechanism, a scale-bar having a plurality of scales on difierent portions thereof, all of the graduations upon all of the scales being based upon the letter-spacing move ments of the carriage and said bar being constructed to be turned so as to bring any one of said scales to working position.

5. In a type-writing machine and in a car-- riage mechanism, a scale-bar having a plurality of plane faces each containing a differently-constructed and independent scale, all of the graduations upon all of the scales being based upon the letter-space movements of the carriage and at least one of said scales being uniformly spaced.

6. In a type-writing machine and in a carriage mechanism, a scale-bar having a plurality of plane faces each containing a differently-constructed and independent scale, one of said scales being marked with equidistant letter-space graduations and another of said scales being provided with tabulating-graduations, said scale-bar being mounted to turn so as to bring any one of said scales to working position without endwise adjustment thereof.

7. In a type-writing machine and in a carriage mechanism, the combination with a pointer or index of a scale-bar provided with a plurality of diiferently-constructed and independent scale-faces, said scale-faces being adapted to cooperate only one at a time with said pointer or index, the other scale-faces being temporarily out of cooperative relation with said pointer or index.

8. In a type-writing machine and in a carriage mechanism, the combination with a pointer or index of a revoluble scale-bar provided with a plurality of scales, said scalebar and said pointer or index being adapted for uniform relative step-by-step movements, and all of the graduations upon all of the scales being based upon said stepby-step movements, whereby they are adapted to register with said pointer or index.

9. In a type-writing machine and in a carriage mechanism, the combination with an index or pointer of a scale-bar provided with a plurality of diiferently-constructed and independent scales, each of which is adapted to be moved into cooperative relation with said index or pointer without adjustment of either the pointer or the scale-bar in a direction lengthwise of the latter.

10. In a type-writing machine and a carriage mechanism, the combination with an index or pointer of a scale-bar having a plurality of differently-constructed and independent scales adapted for both plain work and a. variety of tabular work, said scale-bar being adjustable in a direction transversely of its length so as to bring any desired scale to working position.

11. In a type-writing machine and in a carriage mechanism, the combination with an index or pointer of a scale-bar having a plurality of scale-faces, one of which has uniformlyspaced graduations and another of which is provided with column-headings, said scalebar being movable in a direction transversely of its length so as to bring any desired scaleface to working position and means for holding said scale-bar in any working position to which itmay be moved.

12. In a type-writing machine and in a carriage mechanism, the combination with an index or pointer of a revoluble scale-bar having a plurality of independent scales adapted one at a time to cooperate with said index or pointer, at least one of said faces being divided longitudinally and the graduations upon one division being arranged out of register with the graduations upon the other division.

13. In a type-writing machine and in a carriage mechanism, the combination with a stationary index or pointer of a revoluble scalebar adapted to have uniform endwise stepby-step movements relatively to said Pointer, and means for preventing said scale-bar from turning accidentally.

14. In a type-writing machine, the combination with an index or pointer, of a revoluble scale-bar having a plurality of scales, stops or abut-ments therefor, and springs for pressing the scale-bar against said stops or abutments.

15. In a type-writing machine and in a carriage mechanism, the combination of an index or pointer and a scale-bar provided with pivots and with a plurality of differently-constructed and independent scales, at least one of which is provided with uniformly-spaced graduations and at least one of which is provided with irregularly-spaced graduations.

16. In a type-writing machine, the combination with an index or pointer, of a scalebar provided with pivots and a plurality of scales, bearings for said pivots, stops for said scale-bar, and springs for pressing said scalebar against said stops.

17. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a carriage, brackets or arms thereon, a rotatable scale-bar having a plurality of scales and supported upon said brackets or arms, means for preventing accidental rotation of the scale-bar, and a relatively fixed index or pointer.

18. In a type-Writing machine, the combination of a pointer or index, a scale-bar having pivots and a plurality of scales, brackets or arms for said pivots, stops for said scalebar, and springs for pressing said scale-bar against said stops.

1%). In a type-writing machine, the combination of an index or pointer, ascale-bar having a plurality of faces and end pivots, brackets or arms having slots in which said pivots operate, stops and springs.

20. In a type-writing machine, the combination of an index or pointer, a scale-bar having end pivots and a plurality of scales, arms or brackets having inclined slots for said pivots, stops, and springs.

21. In a type-writing machine and in a carriage mechanism, the combination of an index or pointer, a scale-bar having a plurality of scales and end pivots, and bearings for said pivots, whereby the said scale-bar may be rotated to bring any desired scale to working position without relative adjustment of either said pointer or said scale-bar in the direction of the length of the latter, all of the graduations upon all of the scales being based upon the letter-space movements of the carriage, and one of said scale and pointer elements being adapted to move with the carriage, whereby said pointer is adapted to register automatically with all of said graduations.

22. In a type-writing machine and in a carriage mechanism, the combination of an index or pointer and a scale-bar triangular in cross-section and provided on each face with a differently-constructed and independent scale, all of the graduations upon all of the scales being adapted to register with said index or pointer, whereby the machine is adapted for a variety of work.

23. In atype-writing machine and in a carriage mechanism, the combination of an index or pointer and a rotatable scale-bar havwith said index or pointer and so as simultaneously to remove the undesired scale to a non-working position. I

25. In a type-writing machine, the combination of a paper-carriage, a platen, a platenscale, an index or pointer and a scale-bar provided with a plurality of differently constructed scale-faces, said bar being movable in a direction transversely of its length so as to bring any of said scale-faces into operative relation with said index or pointer.

26. In a type-writing machine, the combination of a paper-carriage, a platen, a platenscale, an index or pointer, and a rotatable scale-bar provided with a series of three differently-constructed and independent scalefaces, each of which is adapted to be turned into working relation with said index or pointer, and all of the graduations upon all of the scale-faces being adapted to correspond with the graduations upon said platen-scale, whereby when said index registers with any of the graduations upon said rotatable scalebar, a letter may be impressed upon the platen in register with the corresponding graduation upon said platen-scale.

27. In a type-Writing machine, the combination of a paper-carriage, a platen, a triangular scale-bar mounted upon the front of said paper-carriage and having a plurality of scales, and a relatively-fixed index or pointer arranged in proximity to said scale-bar.

Signed at Ilion, in the county of Herkimer and State of New York, this 20th day of July, A. D. 1898.

LOUIS P. DISS.

l/Vitnesses:

OHAs. E. MAURICE, RALPH W. GoUeH. 

